▲In 1972, Queen's legendary front man recorded a couple of songs for a producer. He called himself Larry Lurex for this side project.

▲In 1960, John Lennon and Paul McCartney played a show as a duo, calling themselves the Nerk Twins.

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This one sounds pretty obvious now, but back then they did pull it off for a while.

▲Speaking of Motörhead, they played under the name Iron Fist & the Hordes From Hell in the late '70s.

▲George Harrison recorded a song with Eric Clapton, but for contractual reasons his work had to be credited under a different name.

▲U2 and Brian Eno teamed up to record an album called 'Original Soundtracks 1' under the name of Passengers.

▲Ziggy Stardust might have been his most famous alter ego, but back in 1962 Bowie was playing with The Konrads under the name of Dave Jay.

▲Before releasing their studio album 'Sonic Highways,' Dave Grohl's band played a secret show under the name The Holy S–––s.

▲The Stones played a few gigs in Paris and London as The Cockroaches.

▲Metallica called themselves The Lemmy's when they played at late Motörhead front man Lemmy Kilmister's 50th birthday party.

▲The Death Ramps is an alias for the Arctic Monkeys. They have released a couple of tracks under this name.

▲Radiohead's lead singer released some music under the name Sisi BakBak.

▲The Strokes once played an intimate gig in London under the name Venison.

▲In the late '70s, Aerosmith played some shows as Dr. J Jones & the Interns.

▲The British punk rockers got banned from a number of venues in the UK, so they played gigs under a couple of different names.

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'House of the Ju Ju Queen' was the name of the single released by Janie Jones & The Lash.

▲Paul McCartney recorded a number of songs under the aliases The Country Hams, Percy Thrillington, and Bernard Webb.

▲A master when it came to creating alter egos, the man who once had his own symbol played a few shows in the '80s under the name Alexander Nevermind.

▲The Glimmer Twins is an alternative name for the songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

▲Genesis used to go by The Garden Wall, but abandoned the name in the late '60s. In the early '80s, however, they revived the name for a secret gig.

▲In 2013, Arcade Fire played a few songs as The Reflektors.

▲The Kaiser Chiefs played a secret set in 2007 under the name Hooks for Hands.

▲Young thought the pseudonym Bernard Shakey sounded better for a film director, so he went ahead and used it in his films.

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The British rockers performed a few gigs under the name Melvin Giganticus and the Turd Burglars.

▲Band of Joy was originally formed by Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant in 1966. He revived the band's name in 2010 for a concert tour.

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In the '90s, The Prodigy released a white label 12" record under the name Earthbound.

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We've all heard stories about artists checking into hotels under different names for privacy reasons. But did you know that many musicians also performed shows and even put out recordings under different pseudonyms?

In this gallery, you'll get to know some of them, so don't hesitate to buy a ticket if you spot one of these names on a bill! Take a look.

Secret pseudonyms musicians and bands used

You won't believe some of these names

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In this gallery, you'll get to know some of them, so don't hesitate to buy a ticket if you spot one of these names on a bill! Take a look.

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